Venice Kichura:
Venice Kichura is a freelance writer who's recently moved with her newly retired husband to the quaint North Georgia Mountain village of Dahlonega. Besides writing articles, short stories, and poems, she's a pencil artist who also dabbles in watercolors and acrylics, as well as enjoys needlework, crochet, and knitting. However, her main passion is ministering to both Christians and nonbelievers through the printed word.
Family:
An empty nester, Venice has been married to her husband, Ed, for more than 35 years and has two grown sons and five grandchildren who live in South Florida.
Ministry and Career:
While living in South Florida, Venice wrote feature articles for a weekly Palm Beach County newspaper, where she also had a weekly column. In the past three years, Venice has published more than 400 articles online, including nonfiction, short stories, and poems, through websites including FaithWriters.com, Associated Content, and Suite 101 (where she's been a contributing writer since November, 2007).Venice's work has also appeared in printed publications, such as "Connecticut Parents," as well as various religious publications. Her six Editor's Choice entries from the weekly Writing Challenge of FaithWriters.com have been published in FaithWriters' quarterly books. In the spring of 2006, her story, "How God Used Baby Booties," was included in the women's edition of the book, God Allows U-Turns.In South Windsor, Connecticut, she was the editor of her church newspaper at Avery Street Christian Reformed Church. At her nondenominational church, Church of the Apostles, in Dawsonville, Georgia, she serves on the Altar Guild, as well as on the congregation's "Pastoral Care" team, ministering to church members who need both physical and spiritual help.
To contact Venice, email her at vmkichura@windstream.net.
